Turbellarians - Africatenula riuruae Young, 1976

Turbellarians taxon details

Africatenula riuruae Young, 1976

AphiaID

480359 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:480359)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Africatenula Young, 1976

Original name

Africatenula riuruae Young, 1976

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Young J. O. (1976). A new genus in the order Catenulida Meixner 1924 (Platyhelminthes: Turbellaria) from Kenya, East Africa. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger 196.</em> 189-195. [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2024). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Africatenula riuruae Young, 1976. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/turbellarians/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=480359 on 2026-06-24

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-06-23 13:12:51Z

created

Tyler, Seth

2011-02-23 13:37:25Z

changed

Artois, Tom

2011-10-14 12:26:31Z

changed

Artois, Tom

2015-08-25 07:27:39Z

changed

Artois, Tom

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original description Young J. O. (1976). A new genus in the order Catenulida Meixner 1924 (Platyhelminthes: Turbellaria) from Kenya, East Africa. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger 196.</em> 189-195. [details] Available for editors

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

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